When I write next to my daughter
—dedicated to Cori

When I write 
next to my daughter, 
she would sometimes 

cover up the words, 
and ask me 
to draw 

outlines upon outlines 
of her tiny little 
ha-han-handsss; 

and I would do it 
without hesitation 
no matter the diction 

the middle-of-thoughts 
the alliterations the
metres tercets rhythms

because it's
more 
fun.

Dale Chou
2019-05-04